⭐ Division Winner

1999 Cleveland Indians

97-65 • .599 Win% • 1st in AL C

The 1999 Cleveland Indians went 97-65 (.599) finishing 1st in the AL C division. They won their division. The club scored 1,009 runs, allowed 860, and played home games at Jacobs Field. Team leaders included Manny Ramirez (44 HR, 165 RBI) and Bartolo Colon (18-5, 3.95 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

97 Wins
65 Losses
.599 Win %
1st Rank
1009 R 860 RA
Diff +149

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1009 Runs Scored
860 Runs Allowed
+149 Run Diff
3,468K Attendance

📈 vs. 1999 AL Average

Batting Avg .289 5% above the 1999 league average (.274)
OBP .373 8% above the 1999 league average (.347)
SLG .466 6% above the 1999 league average (.439)
Team ERA 4.89 1% worse than the 1999 league average (4.86)
Runs Scored 1009 20% above the 1999 league average (838 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,468,436
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Avg per Game 42,820

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1999

Batting Avg

1 Manny Ramirez 0.333 2 Omar Vizquel 0.333 3 Jacob Cruz 0.330 4 Roberto Alomar 0.323 5 Sandy Alomar 0.307

Home Runs

1 Manny Ramirez 44 2 Jim Thome 33 3 Richie Sexson 31 4 Roberto Alomar 24 5 David Justice 21

RBI

1 Manny Ramirez 165 2 Roberto Alomar 120 3 Richie Sexson 116 4 Jim Thome 108 5 David Justice 88
1999 Cleveland Indians — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Omar Vizquel 144 574 112 191 36 4 5 66 65 50 42 0.333
Roberto Alomar 159 563 138 182 40 3 24 120 99 96 37 0.323
Manny Ramirez 147 522 131 174 34 3 44 165 96 131 2 0.333
Jim Thome 146 494 101 137 27 2 33 108 127 171 0 0.277
Richie Sexson 134 479 72 122 17 7 31 116 34 117 3 0.255
Kenny Lofton 120 465 110 140 28 6 7 39 79 84 25 0.301
David Justice 133 429 75 123 18 0 21 88 94 90 1 0.287
Einar Diaz 119 392 43 110 21 1 3 32 23 41 11 0.281
Enrique Wilson 113 332 41 87 22 1 2 24 25 41 5 0.262
Travis Fryman 85 322 45 82 16 2 10 48 25 57 2 0.255
Wil Cordero 54 194 35 58 15 0 8 32 15 37 2 0.299
Dave Roberts 41 143 26 34 4 0 2 12 9 16 11 0.238
Sandy Alomar 37 137 19 42 13 0 6 25 4 23 0 0.307
Alex Ramirez 48 97 11 29 6 1 3 18 3 26 1 0.299
Jacob Cruz 32 88 14 29 5 1 3 17 5 13 0 0.330
Harold Baines 28 85 5 23 2 0 1 22 11 10 0 0.271
Carlos Baerga 22 57 4 13 0 0 1 5 4 10 1 0.228
Russell Branyan 11 38 4 8 2 0 1 6 3 19 0 0.211
Jolbert Cabrera 30 37 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0.189
Tyler Houston 13 27 2 4 1 0 1 3 3 11 0 0.148
Jesse Levis 10 26 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0.154
Jeff Manto 12 25 5 5 0 0 1 2 11 11 0 0.200
Mark Whiten 8 25 2 4 1 0 1 4 3 4 0 0.160
John McDonald 18 21 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.333
Chris Turner 12 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0.190
Pat Borders 6 20 2 6 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0.300
Bartolo Colon 32 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.143
Charles Nagy 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Dave Burba 34 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333
Dwight Gooden 26 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0.500
Mark Langston 25 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Jaret Wright 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Assenmacher 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Brower 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Candiotti 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich DeLucia 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sean DePaula 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Michael Jackson 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Karsay 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Martin 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Poole 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Rakers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Reed 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricardo Rincon 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Riske 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Shuey 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Spradlin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Stevens 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Tam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Wagner 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1999

ERA

1 Steve Karsay 2.97 2 Paul Shuey 3.53 3 Bartolo Colon 3.95 4 Michael Jackson 4.06 5 Steve Reed 4.23

Wins

1 Bartolo Colon 18 2 Charles Nagy 17 3 Dave Burba 15 4 Steve Karsay 10 5 Paul Shuey 8

Strikeouts

1 Dave Burba 174 2 Bartolo Colon 161 3 Charles Nagy 126 4 Paul Shuey 103 5 Jaret Wright 91
1999 Cleveland Indians — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dave Burba 15 9 4.25 34 34 0 220.0 211 104 96 174
Bartolo Colon 18 5 3.95 32 32 0 205.0 185 90 76 161
Charles Nagy 17 11 4.95 33 32 0 202.0 238 111 59 126
Jaret Wright 8 10 6.06 26 26 0 133.2 144 90 77 91
Dwight Gooden 3 4 6.26 26 22 0 115.0 127 80 67 88
Paul Shuey 8 5 3.53 72 0 6 81.2 68 32 40 103
Steve Karsay 10 2 2.97 50 3 1 78.2 71 26 30 68
Michael Jackson 3 4 4.06 72 0 39 68.2 60 31 26 55
Mark Langston 1 2 5.25 25 5 0 61.2 69 36 29 43
Steve Reed 3 2 4.23 63 0 0 61.2 69 29 20 44
Ricardo Rincon 2 3 4.43 59 0 0 44.2 41 22 24 30
Chris Haney 0 2 4.69 13 4 0 40.1 43 21 16 22
Paul Assenmacher 2 1 8.18 55 0 0 33.0 50 30 17 29
Jim Brower 3 1 4.56 9 2 0 25.2 27 13 10 18
Tom Candiotti 1 1 11.05 7 2 0 14.2 19 18 7 11
David Riske 1 1 8.36 12 0 0 14.0 20 13 6 16
Sean DePaula 0 0 4.63 11 0 0 11.2 8 6 3 18
Rich DeLucia 0 1 6.75 6 0 0 9.1 13 7 9 7
Tom Martin 0 1 8.68 6 0 0 9.1 13 9 3 8
Dave Stevens 0 0 10.00 5 0 0 9.0 10 10 8 6
Paul Wagner 1 0 4.15 3 0 0 4.1 5 2 3 0
Jerry Spradlin 0 0 18.00 4 0 0 3.0 6 6 3 2
Jason Rakers 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0
Jim Poole 1 0 18.00 3 0 0 1.0 2 2 3 0
Jeff Tam 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0.1 2 3 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Division Series
Lost to BOS 3-2

👥 Roster (51)

Roberto Alomar Sandy Alomar Paul Assenmacher Carlos Baerga Harold Baines Pat Borders Russell Branyan Jim Brower Dave Burba Jolbert Cabrera Tom Candiotti Bartolo Colon +39 more

51 players

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The 1999 Cleveland Indians in brief

A 97-65 record (.599) put the 1999 Cleveland Indians 1st in the AL Central. The club took the division title. The run column shows 1009 for and 860 against. At the plate the Cleveland Indians hit .289, 5% better than the league's .274. The Cleveland Indians staff finished with a 4.89 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.86. Measured against the 838-run league average, the offense was 20% ahead.

Home games were played at Jacobs Field, where 3,468,436 fans came through the gates. For power, Manny Ramirez led the way with 44 homers. The pitching staff's wins leader was Bartolo Colon (18). The strikeout leader was Dave Burba with 174. Michael Jackson closed out 39 saves. In the AL Division Series, the Cleveland Indians lost to BOS 3-2.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1999 Cleveland Indians

What was the 1999 Cleveland Indians record?
The 1999 Cleveland Indians finished 97-65 (.599 win pct).
Did the 1999 Cleveland Indians make the playoffs?
The 1999 Cleveland Indians finished first in their division.
Who led the 1999 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Manny Ramirez led the 1999 Cleveland Indians with 44 home runs.
What was the 1999 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 1999 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 4.89.
Did the 1999 Cleveland Indians win the World Series?
No. The 1999 Cleveland Indians did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1999 Cleveland Indians play?
The 1999 Cleveland Indians played home games at Jacobs Field.
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